Ministry of Statistics & Programme Implementation
National Workshop on Developing/Reviewing Sub-National Level Monitoring Framework for SDGs
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  under the aegis of ‘Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav ’ organized a one-day “National Workshop on Developing/Reviewing Sub-National Level Monitoring Framework for SDGs” today on 31st October 2022 in SCOPE Convention Centre, New Delhi to review the status of development/refinement of SIF/ DIF for monitoring of Sustainable Development Goals  at sub-national level and to orient the States/UTs for evolving monitoring mechanism.
The Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation  has developed a National Indicator Framework  for SDGs along with identified data sources and periodicity following due consultation process with all stakeholders. The NIF is the backbone for facilitating monitoring of SDGs at the national level.
MoSPI is regularly extending technical support to the States/UTs on various issues relating to Sub-national level Indicator Framework for SDGs. In this endeavour, the Ministry developed and circulated Guidelines for developing SIF during July 2019 which was further updated in March 2022. The SIFs have been developed/are being developed in consultation with all the stakeholders, and considering the critical development priorities, data requirements and available infrastructure of the States/UTs. While most of the States/UTs have developed their SIFs for monitoring the progress on SDGs, a few States/UTs are in the process of developing/approving their SIFs.
The event witnessed remarkable participation from States/UTs, line Ministries/Departments and UN Agencies. A lot of best practices are being followed by a number of States/UTs w.r.t SDGs monitoring, such as, development of State/UT/district/block/village level indicator framework, regular publication of progress reports on SDGs SIF, development of dashboard on SDGs, etc. During the workshop, such practices were shared with the other States/UTs to emulate.
Dr. G. P. Samanta, Chief Statistician of India and Secretary, MoSPI in his welcome address talked briefly about the initiatives taken by MoSPI in the area of SDG NIF. This was followed by the address by Mr. Dennis Curry, Deputy Resident Representative, UNDP, India. The key note address for the event was delivered by Dr. Bibek Debroy, Chairman, Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister , the Chief Guest of the Workshop, appreciated the efforts of the Government towards achieving the SDGs.
During the Technical Sessions, localisation of SDGs was discussed by NITI Aayog and Ministry of Panchayati Raj. Experiences of UNDP on preparation of sub-national indicator framework on SDGs was shared during the event. Further, States and UTs also shared the best practices being followed on sub-state Indicator Framework. The valedictory session, co-chaired by MoSPI and UN Resident Coordinator in India, concluded the workshop with way forward.
The national workshop underscored the importance of developing/refining the monitoring framework on SDGs at state and sub-state level. To take the efforts further, MoSPI along with the States and UTs will endeavour to prepare monitoring framework at sub-state levels.